Talk:Christopher Persaud

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Poetry

Is a poem appropriate for an encyclopedia?

I see no reason why not. DanH 21:22, 27 January 2008 (EST)
No, everything in the entry needs to add value to the article. A poem, while nice, does not provide any insight into a person or an aspect of their life, and can in fact do the opposite (if Hitler wrote a nice poem then it would not be wise to post it because it would serve to create a false image of his person).
The reasoning for my removal was threefold:
  • It was not encyclopedic, see above
  • It was longer than the body of the article, which does not reflect well on Conservapedia. The editor who added it has also spammed a number of links to personal homepages and sites which do not connect to the article in any way (www.picture.com for instance)
  • The apparent opinion at the end, "CHKP 1978 - Written 30 years ago. Nothing has changed!" violates guidelines.
TheGuy 21:28, 27 January 2008 (EST)

That's good enough for me. I guess i'll remove it and then anyone who want's it back can argue their point here. --Ben Talk 21:31, 27 January 2008 (EST)

It also occurred to me that they'd probably be a copyright issue too, if anyone can find the poetry on the web plus a description of the award that it won then we could probably link to it. TheGuy 21:45, 27 January 2008 (EST)

Andy has included poetry before: http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Rudyard_Kipling&oldid=7656 I would say it's relevant in the case of a poet. DanH 21:51, 27 January 2008 (EST)

I see no reason why a poem cannot be part of an encyclopedic entry, especially if the individual who is the subject of the entry is a poet. (See Carl Sandburg entry)

That the length of a poem might exceed the body of an article should in no way disqualify it from being a part of an encyclopedic entry. The spacing of lines in a poem is an arbitrary issue and can assume different formats. The reasoning here escapes me.

The comment about "spamming" is nebulous. Remember that the subject is also an amateur photographer, hence a link to the www.picture.com website.

While I see nothing cardinally wrong with a three-word "opinion" at the end of the poem, maybe it should be removed.

As to a possible copyright issue, all that has to be done is for one to request pertinent, additional information in connection with the poem.

Cperlobo.

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